Pioneer CT-L77 - Manual (Page 21)

4 Switching On
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3 Load a cassette tape then press TAPE to
close the cassette tray and start playback.
Use a tape that's already recorded on so you can hear something in the
following steps!
The side of the tape you'll hear is whichever is face-up in the tray when you
load it. This is the 'forward' (
3 ) direction, while the other side is 'reverse'
(
2 ). The forward indicator is shown in the display.
Pressing
) on the front panel also closes the cassette tray, but does not start
playback.
4 To play the other side of the tape, press
TAPE.
Each time you press TAPE during playback, the other side of the tape starts
playing. Pressing TAPE when the tape is stopped starts playback on the side it
was playing previously.
The current tape direction is indicated in the display.
5 To skip back or forward a track on the
tape, press
$ or › while the tape is
playing.
› searches for the next blank space between tracks on the side currently
playing (in other words, to the start of the next track), then resumes playback.
$ searches for the previous blank space between tracks on the side
currently playing (in other words, to the start of the current track), then
resumes playback.
By pressing
$ or › more than once, the player will skip several tracks
at once. For example, press
› twice to skip forward two tracks.
Note: Track search is unlikely to work reliably in the following cases:
❖ if the space between tracks is less than about 4 seconds
❖ if the recording is particularly noisy so the spaces are not recognized
❖ if the recording contains frequent silences, such as a language study tape.
❖ if the recording contains sections of very quiet material, such as some
classical music recordings
6 To stop the tape, press
&.
7 To rewind or fast forward the tape, press
$ or › while the tape is stopped.
To stop the tape, press
&. Alternatively, press
TAPE to start playback directly.
Tip
In step 3 above, pressing
TAPE closed the cassette
tray and set the tape
playing. In fact, pressing
this button is always the
quickest way to play a
tape. If there's already a
tape in the player, then
pressing the TAPE but-
ton—even when the sys-
tem is in standby
mode—will switch the
system on, switch to
TAPE sound, and start
the tape playing.
Tape playing with tape counter
shown in the display. Direction
is ‘forward’
The direction indicator changes
when the tape is reversed
Tape deck searching for the
start of the track after next